Does the crew stay on board during the charter?

Carina Isenberg
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

Yes. On a crewed charter the captain, chef and interior crew live aboard for the whole trip, in their own crew quarters separate from the guest cabins. A yacht listed with 5 guest cabins genuinely sleeps 10 guests; the crew occupies none of them.

They are also on duty in the ways that matter: meals and drinks, tender runs to the beach club, toys, moving the boat while you swim, and the local knowledge of which restaurant to call and which bay fills by noon.

On the rare captain-only yacht the captain still sleeps aboard, in a dedicated cabin or the saloon depending on layout. If cabin privacy matters, ask us how a specific yacht arranges it before you book.